AIBU to make my son go to swimming lessons on his birthday?

His brithday is in the school holidays and he is booked on a 'swimming crash course' (every morning for a week).This course was part of a deal we did with the boys to stop weekly swimming lessons which were becoming a painful chore.

He is turining 6.He doesn't hate swimming, but doesn't love it either.He things it is mean and unfair to be made to go swimming on his birthday.

These lessons are not cheap. And for once they have a great teacher and are making really good progress.We'll be done at the pool by 9.30 and will spend the rest of the day doing fun stuff.

He'll be done by 9.30. He should go. It's not weird to want your child to be safe around water. It is for his own benefit & will do him no harm at all. He has the rest of the day to do all the lovely birthday things he will really enjoy.

I'd make him go. He knew it was his birthday during the week when he agreed to go on the course. If it was a school day he'd still have to go to school. You aren't sending him swimming as a punishment, it's a skill he needs to learn.

won't they be doing swimming at school, why the need to force him to swim with this intensive course.

I wouldn't expect my kiddy to go for a lesson on their birthday, i would be having a relaxing morning, and definitely not making my child feel guilty because it's 'paid for', it's one lesson and not the end of the world.

I would probably have let him skive off a weekly lesson (I hated the whole sweaty crush in the changing room, sitting in a hot cafe/balcony with other people's toddlers rampaging around so wouldn't have needed much persuasion to take a week off myself!) but as you came to the agreement to stop weekly lessons and do this instead then, yes, he should go, get it done, and then enjoy the rest of his day.

yanbu and mean but tbh he sounds like he hates it but he has to go it is paid for and so happens to fall on his birthday it is no biggie really an hour out of his day I wouldn't force anymore lessons on him after this block runs out,

Wha? I once was made to do a practice exam paper on my birthday. It's great for your son to learn to enjoy the little things in life - a nice birthday meal, a cake etc - and not be taught that he always has to be 'princess/prince for the entire day'! YANBU